S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3048
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 27, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, BROUK, GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to changing the time peri-
od for the annual national change of address system check for regis-
tered voters
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 5-708 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
read as follows:
a. At least once each year during the month of [February] JANUARY,
each board of elections shall obtain through the National Change of
Address System, the forwarding address for every voter registered with
such board of elections for whom the United States Postal Service has
such a forwarding address together with the name of each such voter whom
the Postal Service records indicate has moved from the address at which
he OR SHE is registered without leaving a forwarding address.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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